Okay, I may have moved up the loathing spectrum on “The
Little Drummer Boy.”
My long-held conviction has always been that it is not possible
to sing that piece without sounding drunk (yes, even children’s choirs do); it
just has a tempo and melody that sound like sots hanging on to bar stools at
closing time.
(The corollary to this is that you really want to be well
and truly lit before listening to it, because otherwise it’s just too painful.)
However, in the past few days I’ve come across a couple
of renditions that have opened my eyes, and possibly my ears, to the notion
that LDB might have…possibilities.
I shared the
reimagined version with you last week, the one that might possibly count as
dog abuse. But yesterday I came across this one, with Christopher Lee singing. Singing Heavy Metal:
Yes, obviously, I am not making this up. Dracula-Saruman
just lets it rip in a way that you won’t believe until you hear it. Maybe not
even then.
You’re welcome.
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